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Systropodini

Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae

Taxonomy
Systropinae was named by Brauer (1880). It is extant. Its type is Systropus.

It was reranked as the tribe Systropodini by Evenhuis and Greathead (1999) and Li and Yeates (2019).

It was assigned to Toxophorinae by Evenhuis and Greathead (1999) and Li and Yeates (2019).

Subtaxa
Dolichomyia, Melanderella, Systropus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Systropodini Evenhuis and Greathead
2019Systropodini Li and Yeates p. 866

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
—NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
—Heterodactyla
familyBombyliidae()
subfamilyToxophorinae
tribeSystropodini()
tribeSystropodini()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Systropodini Brauer 1880
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G. Dolichomyia Wiedemann 1830
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†Dolichomyia tertiaria Cockerell 1917
†Dolichomyia testea Melander 1949
G. †Melanderella Cockerell 1909
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†Melanderella glossalis Cockerell 1909
G. Systropus Wiedemann 1820
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Subg. Systropus (Systropus) Wiedemann 1820
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†Systropus acourti Cockerell 1921
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the MP 30 or 37.20000 to 23.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Systropus acourti (21976)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Dolichomyia tertiaria (122977) Melanderella glossalis (106380 106381) Melanderella testea (124624)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Systropus rottensis (138696)